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Wednesday, 23 April 2014

Coordination and
Subordination

Coordination
occurs between expressions of equal importance whereas subordination
occurs between expressions of unequal importance (one clause subordinate
to the other). These two are achieved with the help of conjunctions known as
linking devices.

Linking devices (comparison,
contrast, additive, sequential)

Coordinators
and subordinators are devices that link one sentence to another. Coordinators
help form compound sentences and subordinators help form complex sentences.

1.1 Coordinators:

·The
‘and’ group (addition)

The day was warm and
humid.

She was both kind and gentle.

On the table there were cakes, biscuits and
sandwiches.

He took the lead and I followed him.

He
speaks French as well as writes it.

She not
only had the right qualifications but also experience appropriate to
the job.

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I hail from Thamizh Nadu, a Southern state of India. I speak Thamizh, Thelugu, English and Hindi.

I served for 43 years as a teacher of English in schools and colleges in India, Ethiopia and Nigeria. I've published several articles on ELT and of general interest in the USA, Ethiopia and India. I've presented several papers in national and international conferences. I've written several course books for the English syllabuses of Bachelor of Engineering of Madras University, Anna University and JNTU, Hyderabad, for public consumption as well.